As soon as Owen said he wanted a Ninja birthday party, I started pinning ideas and immediately knew I wanted to have his party at some kind of Martial Arts studio/school. I spoke with a parent at our preschool about the Tae Kwon Do school her son attends and called the next day to set up an introductory class for the boys. Next the thing you know, I've signed both boys up for 11 months of Tae Kwon Do and booked a birthday party.
25 of our best little friends (a great mix of new and old including 4 new friends from Owen's kindergarten class) were able to come.
I ordered invitations from Itsy bitsy Paper by Lindy to send out and I made some homemade Ninjago invitations for the boys in Owen's class (these actually came out pretty cute and I could have saved myself $30 had I thought to do them in the first place.)
A super delicious cake from City Bakery Cafe and Lego candles my aunt sent for the kids a while back that I held on to.
Homemade favor bags with Ninjago eyes filled with chocolate pretzel nunchucks, origami throwing stars, sticky ninja dudes, and Cliff Jr. Bars.
We filled a jar with Legos and had the kids guess how many were in the jar. The kid with the closest guess got one of the newest Lego mini figures.
I found a code sheet online where you could decode your name to determine your Ninja name... Owen loved this!
Owen and I made a box out of Legos for the utensils and I used leftover plates and napkins from previous birthday parties only having to pick up a few table cloths and small pack of napkins.
I sent my friend Andrea an e-mail a few days before Owen's birthday and asked if she could make him a Ninja shirt...and she said yes!
The venue provided pizza and water for the kids as part of their birthday package... we kind of over ordered and had enough pizza for the kids, parents, and 3 whole pizzas left over to bring home. Feeling a little Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle over here....
Have I mentioned how much I love birthday parties :-)
